Door and securing means therefor.



W. M. GRAY.

DOOR AND SECURING MEANS THEREFOR.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 7, 1912.

Lflfifi, 1 68. Patented Mar. 18, 1913.

l/WT: 1122mm WILLIAEE GRAY, 0E GEL,

Application filed suggest '7. 1:71: 3.

Specification of letters lilo. 713,1319.

T0 at] whom it may concern:

Be it known that Z, 'WILLIAM M. GRAY, a citizen of the Unitecl States, residing at Ortl, in the county of Valley and State of Nebraska, have in ented certain new and useful improvements in Doors and Securing Means Therefor; anti 1 do hereby (lQClZtZE following to be full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enuhie others skilled in the art to which it upper aims to make anti use the some.

invention relates to new uncl useful ll'lllElO't'UllQDlS in securing means for doors or other closures.

T he prime object o my invention is to provide a device which will efiectuolly'lock d. 001' or other closure in either open or closed positions.

it further object oi. construct the locking may be disengaged from either position by a single cable or rope and the door or other closure be moved by said cable or rope to, its other position.

i ooiects and aclventages will be hereinafter met le clearly apparent in the following specific tins and. pointed out in the the invention is to so device that the some In accompanying drawings l have shown the preferred form which my invention may e l is e. tletsil sec- ,reterrecl form ot and show the door in open posi tiou e the tloor 11ml loci:- izig means on, when closed, being ineli- (Jtiiitl by clotted lines, and, Fig. 2 is 21 perspective View of a portion of the locking means employed by Referring to the drawings by numerals of reference, similar. numerals designating corresponding parts throughout the several views, 3 is the top a silo or other tank, which as shown is preferably formed of metal and has an opening t therein, which may be circular, oblong, or other iesiretl tionol ritshot a my inre on shape. The opening t is proricietl with. a 4 '1 A. flange o therem-ouiitl which Wlll prevent leakage into the silo or tank. The (loot 6 of the some general outlinev us the openin 4 and is provided with a flange 7 around its edge, which is adapted to tit closely around the ilunge 5.

The tloor 6 and is hinged is preferably formed of metal as shown at Y to the top of the The end portion when closed. will Z An en 'le iron 8 is secured to the end surface o? the eloor ti and is bent thereawei -r ecliecent the hinge,

silo or other tank, so that fit over the ooenino the extended cut 9 01" said angle iron is arranged substoz -ily parallel to the portion thereof which secureci to the door. s cut ewe-f as shown at 10, and tie extre o ehel said. portion 9 is bent so as to in a single plane or eanged right angles to the surface of the ooor.

in order that the door may be locked in open or in closeii osition, 3 p'i'ovitle a clouble latch 11, which is pivotally securetl its center to the end of the member 9 so the holding notches 152 will be arranged one upon either sicle of the :ozember 9. order that the latch may be normally held in the position shown in Fig. 2, l secure a spring 12 to the horizontal portion of the member 9 anti orovicle the latch with o ti -shaped member 14 beyond the pivotal point thereof and in linewith sei i pivot-clv point and the horizoutul portion of the member 9, through which the-end of th is extended. The latch is preferably substantially triangular, shown, and is provided at its apex with an aperture preferably arranged in tiliiie ment with the loop and the pivotal pointof the latch, in which on operating rope to is secured. ihe under siele of the top of the ho or other tank is provided with pair of keepers 1?, one airengetl adjacent the opening opposite the huge 7 and the other upon the some siele of the opening as the hinge Y and e suiticient distance therefrom to allow the upper latch 12 to engage the some When the door is closed, as indiceted by dotted lines in Fig. 1.

When the door is in open position, as shown in Fig. 1. a pull upon the rope 16 will oliseugegethe upper, latch from keeper 1? and a iiirther pull upon the ro e will swing the door'so that the some w ll tll'fip into position o'fer the opening and the opposite latch 19 will engage its keeper when the rope is released and the door will be securely held in locked position.

in order that the latch, when moved out of corneal position, vheh it is desired to open or close the door, will be prevented from being ll'lfiihfil so for es to endanger the spring- 13, i cut away portion of the members 9 od aceiit the latch and bend; the

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